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American Journal News: Hinson missed key House votes while fundraising for Senate campaign.
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NC Newsline: ‘Garbage and lies’: Senate candidate Michael Whatley lashes out at media as campaign flounders
TiffinOhio.net: Jon Husted campaign chair quits after guilty plea in case involving 15-year-old
American Journal News: Rogers collected state pension despite $14.6 million net worth
The Washington Post: Sununu’s false answer about Qatar fuels Epstein-files fight
Common Dreams: ‘People Will Go Hungry’: Aid Cuts That Susan Collins Voted to Advance Could Cost Maine $50 Million a Year
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MeidasTouch News: Ashley Hinson says she feels Americans’ financial pain despite being a millionaire. “Iowa Republican Representative and U.S. Senate Candidate Ashley Hinson has repeatedly said in interviews that she feels the financial pain of Americans in this economy because her family struggles to keep food in the fridge, despite the fact that she is a documented millionaire based on recent financial disclosures.”
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Detroit Metro Times: Millionaire Mike Rogers says voters blaming Trump for high prices are ‘nuts’
National Affordable Care Act enrollment fell by about 3 million since last year. Source: ASPE.HHS.gov | ACA Exchange Enrollment in 2026
Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio saw the largest drop in enrollment after Trump/Republican Affordable Care Act cuts. “The losses come after the Republican-controlled Congress last year allowed pandemic-era subsidies to buy insurance on ACA exchanges to expire. That caused premiums to double for most of the 25.2 million Americans who got their insurance there.”
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American Journal News: Whatley stood by Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons despite sex crime charges. “Republican Michael Whatley continued to defend President Donald Trump’s pardons of January 6 insurrectionists, even after it was discovered that some of those individuals had been charged with sex crimes.”
ProPublica: Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on “illegal voting.” He may have violated Texas election law.
Fortune: Trump has created a ‘trickle up’ tariff economy that means U.S. companies aren’t done hiking consumer prices over import taxes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Another staff shake-up for Mike Collins as top aide departs amid scrutiny. “U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican nominee challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, has hired his third chief of staff in a year after the departures of two predecessors mired in controversy
“People go nuts, they lose their mind.” - Mike Rogers dismissing Michiganders’ concerns about affordability.
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Asheville Citizen Times: Senate hopeful Whatley backed FEMA plan that could boost his portfolio. “North Carolina Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley helped write federal disaster recommendations that could push flood insurance business toward private companies, even as he and his family held as much as $190,000 in stock in private companies tied to the flood insurance market.”
RawStory: Republicans now ‘sincerely worried’ about Senate seat in a state Trump won by 13 points.
TiffinOhio.net: FirstEnergy bribery scandal haunts Jon Husted’s Senate race as Ohio ratepayers keep paying. “Husted testified as a defense witness in the bribery trial this spring, as Ohio ratepayers continue paying hundreds of millions for the bailout he championed.”
Consumers still gloomy about economy; US hiring falls in June
NBC News: Oil prices surge, stocks tumble after Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’
Ken Paxton 20 Articles of Impeachment; Ken Paxton Epstein-Style Plea Deal; Ken Paxton Divorce on Biblical Grounds
Courier Texas: ‘I don’t want to die’: Texas doctors say their patients are afraid to get pregnant
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Economy, healthcare costs among top concerns for rural Iowa communities. “’I feel a lot of people in this area feel like the government is not listening to all of us and people are really struggling,’ [one Iowan] said. ‘It’s a very difficult situation for all of us in rural Iowa – we love the lifestyle, but it also does not offer a lot of opportunity, unfortunately.’”
“We need to have restrictions” - Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton on IVF
Daily Mail: ‘Working Class MAGA Rep spent $50k of Taxpayer Cash on Luxe Apartment. “Iowa representative who paints herself as ‘working-class mom’ spent $50,000 of taxpayers’ money on luxury apartment and was gifted $100,000 in overseas vacations … all while sitting on a HUGE net worth"
DSCC Statement on the Maine Senate Race. “Susan Collins is more vulnerable than she has ever been after voting with Trump 96 percent of the time, being the decisive vote for the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, and selling out to the special interests that fund her campaigns after three decades in the Senate. The DSCC will work tirelessly to ensure the new Democratic nominee has the infrastructure and resources to immediately turn their focus to the general election, and in November we will defeat Susan Collins and win a Senate majority.” DSCC Executive Director Devan Barber
Josh Turek vs. Ashley Hinson. Turek: 50%. Hinson: 46%. Fox News poll, June 23-27, 2026
Detroit Metro Times: Mike Rogers wants the Gordie Howe Bridge open except when he doesn’t. “The Senate candidate’s shifting stance on the Detroit-Windsor trade span puts him in line with Trump and the billionaire family that owns the rival Ambassador Bridge.”
Daily Mail: The ‘smug’ Republican risking Trump’s wrath by gallivanting around Europe with his mistress. “The Texas attorney general is on vacation with his mistress, gallivanting around Europe without fear of being seen … By contrast, Talarico spent Independence Day in Austin meeting voters at a huge fireworks display and posing for photos with Texas legend Willie Nelson.”
TiffinOhio.net: Northwest Ohio residents call out Jon Husted for key role in FirstEnergy corruption scandal. “FirstEnergy seeks a rate increase tied to the $60 million HB 6 bribery scandal that Husted helped orchestrate.”
MeidasTouch News: Ashley Hinson Lied About Owning Stock While Campaigning Against Insider Trading in Congress
Daily Beast: Vulnerable GOP Senator rocked by lavish travel revelations. “Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has racked up tens of thousands in sponsored luxury travel ahead of her brutal battle for election in November.”
“The fact is whether Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed or not Roe v. Wade would have been overturned given the 6-3 vote.” - Susan Collins caught in a lie about SCOTUS’s 5-4 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
One year ago, Senate Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off their health care
Because of Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, Americans are facing high cookout prices this Fourth of July. Hamburgers: 5.5% avg price increase. Ice Cream: 5.3% avg price increase. Lemonade: 3.9% avg price increase. Strawberries: 12.4% avg price increase. Source: Farm Bureau
Ohio - Jon Husted. Husted voted for the OBBBA and called the bill "a necessity". Over 132,000 Ohioans have already dropped Medicaid coverage since the passage of the OBBBA. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in Ohio by $33 billion.
New Hampshire - John E. Sununu. Sununu supported the OBBBA and said Republicans had "a lot of success to build on" after passing the bill. Over 13,000 Granite Staters have already dropped Medicaid coverage since the passage of the OBBBA. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in New Hampshire by $2-3 billion.
Minnesota - Michele Tafoya. Tafoya supported the OBBBA that made devastating cuts to health care and food assistance in Minnesota. Nearly 40,000 Minnesotans have already dropped Medicaid coverage since the passage of the OBBBA. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in Minnesota by $19 billion.
Maine - Susan Collins. Collins was a "key" "pivotal" vote to advance the OBBBA, paving the way for its passage. The OBBBA was projected to cause 49,000 Mainers to lose health insurance. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in Maine by $3 billion.
Georgia - Mike Collins. Collins voted for the OBBBA and said he was a "poster child" for support of the bill. Over 78,000 Georgians have already dropped Medicaid coverage since the passage of the OBBBA. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in Georgia by $8 billion.
Alaska - Dan Sullivan. Sullivan voted for the OBBBA that made devastating cuts to health care and food assistanceand said "no state fared better from the bill" than Alaska. Nearly 10,000 Alaskans have already dropped Medicaid coverage since the passage of the OBBBA. The OBBBA is estimated to reduce Medicaid spending in Alaska by $2 billion.
One Year: It’s been 1 year since Senate Republicans voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and kicked millions of Americans off their health care
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